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Mechanisms of Suppression of α-Synuclein Neurotoxicity by Geldanamycin in Drosophila
20 Nov 2004
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Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and the accumulation of the protein alpha-synuclein into aggregates called Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites. Parkinson's disease can be modeled in Drosophila where directed expression of alpha-synuclein induces compromise of dopaminergic neurons and the formation of Lewy...
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